Local government
Labour sends its top guns to defend crucial byelection town
Hartlepool sees influx of big names to bolster traditional support
Toby Helm and Robyn Vinter
11, Apr, 2021 @5:30 AM
Labour cries foul over union poll showing Tories on track to take Hartlepool
CWU-commissioned poll ‘cosying up to Conservatives’ in crucial byelection, party figures claim
Aubrey Allegretti
08, Apr, 2021 @10:47 AM
In Hartlepool and beyond, Labour must reconnect with working-class voters to win | Jon Trickett
Ahead of the May byelection, New Labour diehards talk about ‘electability’ but ignore the need for a left agenda, says Labour MP Jon Trickett
Jon Trickett
07, Apr, 2021 @2:17 PM
Plans for expansion of Leeds Bradford airport put on hold
Climate campaigners say they have been told government is preventing the granting of planning permission
Helen Pidd
06, Apr, 2021 @5:38 PM
No 10 says mayor of London's cannabis review a 'waste of time'
If re-elected, Sadiq Khan wants to set up a commission to look at decriminalising the drug
Peter Walker and Patrick Butler
06, Apr, 2021 @2:08 PM
Covid, debt and desperation: an MP’s caseload in struggling Hull
With infection rates more than twice the English average, Labour’s Emma Hardy fears reopening may come too soon for her constituency
Helen Pidd North of England editor
05, Apr, 2021 @2:16 PM
Bullish Greens target 'lacklustre' Labour in May local elections
Party hopes to benefit from Keir Starmer’s struggles and public’s appetite for more ambitious policies
Peter Walker
04, Apr, 2021 @12:34 PM
Is the Northern Independence party more serious than it looks? | Alex Niven
For all its electoral shortcomings, the rise of an alternative leftwing party may signal a realignment in British politics, says academic and author Alex Niven
Alex Niven
03, Apr, 2021 @10:00 AM
Labour to destroy local election leaflet carrying anti-Travellers pledge
MP Charlotte Nichols apologises for offence and hurt caused by pamphlet distributed in Warrington North
Ben Quinn
02, Apr, 2021 @3:14 PM
Past and present Labour MPs square off in Hartlepool
Analysis: byelection tests Keir Starmer’s party against both Conservatives and former colleagues
Maya Wolfe-Robinson
02, Apr, 2021 @11:36 AM
It should be Super Thursday for local elections but London still holds the reins | Rafael Behr
Local and mayoral elections feel all too ceremonial, because real power always seems to lie elsewhere, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Rafael Behr
31, Mar, 2021 @6:00 AM
Second SNP MP defects to Alex Salmond's Alba party
Neale Hanvey follows Kenny MacAskill in joining new independence-focused Scottish party
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
28, Mar, 2021 @4:27 PM
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